Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
ACRIDITY
acridity, acridness
(noun) the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone
acridity, acridness
(noun) extreme bitterness; “the acridity of alkali”
acridity
(noun) having an acrid smell
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
acridity (countable and uncountable, plural acridities)
bitterness or acerbity.
An acrid taste or smell.
Synonyms
• acridness
Source: Wiktionary
A*crid"i*ty, Ac"rid*ness n.
Definition: The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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